Analyzing architectural diversity in maize plants using the skeleton-image-based method

• Published in: Journal of Integrative Agriculture Vol. 22; no. 12; pp. 3804 - 3809
• Main Authors: LIU, Min-guo, CAMPBELL, Thomas, LI, Wei, WANG, Xi-qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.12.2023; College of Biological Sciences,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100193,P.R.China; Center for Crop Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100193,P.R.China%Department of Biology,Northeastern Illinois University,Chicago 60625,USA; Frontier Technology Research Institute of China Agricultural University in Shenzhen,Shenzhen 518000,P.R.China; KeAi Communications Co., Ltd
• Subjects: agriculture; computer vision; corn; germplasm; heterosis; maize; morphological diversity; persistent homology; phenotyping technology; rain damage; shoot architecture; wind; maize; shoot architecture; phenotyping technology; morphological diversity; persistent homology

Shoot architecture in maize is critical since it determines resource use, impacts wind and rain damage tolerance, and affects yield stability. Quantifying the diversity among inbred lines in heterosis breeding is essential, especially when describing germplasm resources. However, traditional geometr...